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1947 Purdue

5–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Western Conference), coached by Stuart Holcomb.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1947, game by game: lost at Wisconsin 14–32; won vs. Ohio State 24–20; lost vs. No. 1 Notre Dame 7–22; won at Boston University 62–7; won vs. No. 5 Illinois 14–7; won vs. Iowa 21–0; lost at Minnesota 21–26; won vs. Pittsburgh 28–0; lost at Indiana 14–16+55−18Lost 14–32 at Wisconsin-18WisconsinWon 24–20 vs. Ohio State+4Ohio StateLost 7–22 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame-15No. 1 Notre DameWon 62–7 at Boston University+55Boston Universi…Won 14–7 vs. No. 5 Illinois+7No. 5 IllinoisWon 21–0 vs. Iowa+21IowaLost 21–26 at Minnesota-5MinnesotaWon 28–0 vs. Pittsburgh+28PittsburghLost 14–16 at Indiana-2Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atWisconsinL 14–⁠3240%
Oct 4vsOhio StateW 24–⁠2039%
Oct 11vs1Notre DameL 7–⁠2226%
Oct 18atBoston UniversityW 62–⁠767%
Oct 25vs5IllinoisW 14–⁠731%
Nov 1vsIowaW 21–⁠061%
Nov 8atMinnesotaL 21–⁠2639%
Nov 15vsPittsburghW 28–⁠070%
Nov 22atIndianaL 14–⁠1634%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Indiana 16–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 16
  2. Wk 5: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1947.

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
205–⁠130
Coach
Stuart Holcomb
Elo
1519 +61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.7 No. 21 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ned Maloney
Most valuable player
Phil O’Reilly

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 6Phil O’Reilly OTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Bob Pfohl BNew York Giants
Rd 7Phil O’Reilly OTSan Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

All-Big Nine

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠010–⁠02
Wisconsin3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠36–⁠3
Illinois3–⁠35–⁠3–⁠1
Purdue3–⁠35–⁠4
Indiana2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Iowa2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Northwestern2–⁠43–⁠6
Ohio State1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.